The Presidential Planner Abroad
EmailABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: President Obama wraps up his week-long tour of Asia on Thursday, spending the day in Seoul, South Korea before returning to the White House in the evening. Mr. Obama will first meet – as he has done in each of his stops during his trip – with United States Embassy staff and their families in Seoul. Later, the President will participate in an arrival ceremony at the Blue House, the official presidential residence and executive office in Northern Seoul. The Korean name – “Chongwadae” means “house of blue roof tiles,” for its distinctive blue tile roof. While there the President will there meet one-on-one with President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea as well as an extended bilateral meeting with members from each of their delegations. The leaders are expected to discuss Afghanistan, efforts to end the North Korean nuclear weapons program, the economy, climate change, and will discuss hammering out details to complete the stalled US-South Korea Free Trade Agreement. Read more from ABC’s Jake Tapper HERE. Both leaders will then hold a joint press conference at the Blue House before a working lunch. Next, Mr. Obama will visit with service members at Osan Air Base and deliver remarks to primarily thank the troops for their service. The President will then fly back to Washington, DC capping off his week-long four country visit to Asia, making a brief stop in Anchorage, Alaska to refuel Air Force One on the way. -Sunlen Miller
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Obama could use a few more days out in the ozone. Holder’s not doing so hot.
The timing of this trip was so deliciously convenient.
Posted by: drjohn | November 18, 2009, 8:17 pm 8:17 pm
As a repulican, I say our President is did well saving us from the next great depresion..I really belive that not matter what this man does, they will always loonie people out there trying to nasty stuff…The president did what any other president would have dobne to get us out of the hole.. Imagine Palin winnig in 2012, that will be a big joke..
Posted by: Marie Ann | November 18, 2009, 8:53 pm 8:53 pm
I agree..Thank you Mr. Presiden for saving our economy-I see alot of gret signs that our economy is going in the right direction…Please dont elect Sarah Palin..She will put us on the track of total disruction
Posted by: Anthony | November 18, 2009, 8:57 pm 8:57 pm
Amazing. It’s come to this:
“The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’ signature healthcare bill. ‘We even have blcks voting against the healthcare bill,’ Jackson s’id at a reception Wednesday night. “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.’ The remark stirred a murmur at the reception, held by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Foundation.”
Posted by: Fascist Hyena | November 18, 2009, 9:03 pm 9:03 pm
I see alot of gret signs that our economy is going in the right direction…
Posted by: Anthony | Nov 18, 2009 8:57:17 PM
Do tell. Care to enlighten the uninformed masses?
Posted by: Visualize Whirled Peas | November 18, 2009, 9:40 pm 9:40 pm
“The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’ signature healthcare bill. ‘We even have blcks voting against the healthcare bill,’ Jackson s’id at a reception Wednesday night. “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.’
And you, Mr. Jackson, do not get to determine whether we are “black” or not.
Posted by: ceeLeelee | November 18, 2009, 10:05 pm 10:05 pm
Obama said:
“We’ve restored America’s standing in the world”
Really?
I can’t remember a time when America was so broke, so indebted to a foreign country, and had such a weak leader.
What did Obama restore America to–the Carter years?
Posted by: ollie | November 18, 2009, 11:00 pm 11:00 pm
Obama said:
“We’ve restored America’s standing in the world”
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This is a bogus quote. The President is way smarter than to think this is fully accomplished in such a short time – he would not have said that.
Source and date for this quote please.
Posted by: tierra | November 19, 2009, 12:30 am 12:30 am
This is a bogus quote.
Source and date for this quote please.
Posted by: tierra | Nov 19, 2009 12:30:48 AM
Beijing, China (CNN) — A little more than a year after his election, President Obama said his administration has laid the groundwork for success on global and domestic matters.
“I think that we’ve restored America’s standing in the world, and that’s confirmed by polls,” he told CNN’s Ed Henry in a wide-ranging interview this week during his trip to China.
Posted by: Visualize Whirled Peas | November 19, 2009, 11:55 am 11:55 am
Obama: ‘We’ve restored America’s standing’ November 18, 2009 10:03 a.m. EST
Sorry, forgot the headline and date.
Posted by: Visualize Whirled Peas | November 19, 2009, 11:56 am 11:56 am
Obama: ‘We’ve restored America’s standing’ November 18, 2009 10:03 a.m. EST
He follows that up in the context that before Obama’s election less that %50 of the world felt they could count on America to do the right thing – now that number is over %75.
Posted by: tierra | November 19, 2009, 6:07 pm 6:07 pm